Inmates have high rates of chronic medical conditions, especially viral infections. In addition, substance abuse and mental illness are common among inmates. ...

New cases of hepatitis C rose by 69 percent. ...

By Glenn Ellis (TriceEdneyWire.com) - Many chronic diseases are the result of the body's immune system mistakenly perceiving that the body is under attack from foreign bodies. A counterattack is then launched -- an inflammatory response meant to vanquish the intruder. In reality, the immune system has misinterpreted the threat and is actually attacking the body's own cells and tissue. Immune system disorder ...

“Fifty-percent of African-American physicians don’t feel fairly compensated,” the report’s editor Leslie Kane, a senior director of Medscape Business of Medicine, told CBS. ...

Experts say the best way to prevent infection in humans is to avoid sources of exposure. ...

TMZ has obtained footage of what appears to be surveillance video from inside the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport baggage claim showing a shooter opening fire. ...

  BY CASH MICHAELS OF THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL The US Dept of Health and Human Services, (HHS) which will remain under the Obama Administration until President-elect Donald Trump is sworn into office January 20th, wants to make one thing very clear to African – Americans and others – the Affordable Care Act(ACA) is still the law of the land, and will remain so now through the end of 2017. Insurers have ...

On Tuesday, Officials from HHS and the White House participated in an all-day Twitter Town Hall to discuss the Zika virus. To see what was discussed during the town hall, please follow #AtoZika on Twitter or click ...

The eradication of polio, reported in 2015 by the World Health Organization, was called an “historic achievement” by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, a public-private partnership leading the effort to eliminate the disease. ...

Gay black men in particular had a higher risk than their counterparts in other ethnicities. Black men who have sex with men had a 1 in 2 risk, Hispanic men a 1 in 4 risk and white men a 1 in 11 risk. ...